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Children's migration and chronic illness among older parents 'left behind' in China.
Article in SSM - population health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Impact of adult son migration on the health wellbeing of older parents and shifts in caregiving patterns: a study in India.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Physical and mental health among older parents: Does offspring migration and living arrangement matter? Findings from Longitudinal Aging Survey in India (2017-18).SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Existing Datasets to Study the Impact of Internal Migration on Caregiving Arrangements among Older Adults in China.Journal of aging & social policy · 2023Article
- Challenges and Responses of Left-Behind Elderly and Children in Rural China Amid the New Population Development Stage.China CDC weekly · 2023Article
- Impact of Skip Generation Family Structure on Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Outcomes at a Primary Care Unit in Khon Kaen Province.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Impact of child's migration on health status and health care utilization of older parents with chronic diseases left behind in China.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Left-Behind Status Worsens Prognosis of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients from Southwest China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
- What Happens to the Health of Elderly Parents When Adult Child Migration Splits Households? Evidence from Rural China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
The relationship between adult children's migration and the health of their older parents 'left behind' is an emerging research area and existing studies reflect mixed findings. This study aims to investigate the association between having migrant (adult) children and older parents' chronic illness in China, using chronic stomach or other digestive diseases as a proxy. Secondary analysis of the national baseline survey of the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) was conducted. Analyses were conducted in a total of sample of 6495 individuals aged 60 years and above from 28 out of 31 provinces in China, who had at least one child at the baseline survey. Binary logistic regression was used. The prevalence of any of the diagnosed conditions of chronic stomach or other digestive diseases was higher among older people with a migrant son than among those without (27 percent vs 21 percent, p < 0.001). More specifically, the odds ratio of reporting a disease was higher among older adults with at least one adult son living in another county or province than among those with all their sons living closer (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.10-1.51). The results from this large sample of older adults support the hypothesis that migration of sons significantly increases the risk of chronic stomach and other digestive diseases among 'left behind' elderly parents in contemporary China.
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